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Gemma smiled at each of the students as they entered the classroom and she even ignored the chitter chatter...there seemed to be an extra lot today but she was hoping that maybe the excitement of her class was encouraging some of it.
She walked towards the board with the welcome message and then turned towards all of the students, "Welcome everyone!!!! Will you please all start finding a seat against one of the walls and all conversations should end right now so we can get started..." she said sweetly with a little nod. She gave the students a few minutes to get settled and then continued.
"I'm sure you have all noticed the drastic change of the classroom." she said spreading her arms out to signal the mirrors and the hardwood floors and the lack of desks. "Well, today we are going to focus on something really fun and exciting from the Muggle world." she said with a little wink.
"Just like in the Wizard world, the Muggles have a variety of dances that they always seem to work into their major dances at school, weddings, birthday parties, etc. These dances are very interesting and tons of fun!" she said with a flick of her wand. "And what makes these dances even better is that the majority of them are easy to learn and you don't have to be a dancing expert or even novice to get them!" she said excitedly to ease the nerves of those students that might be nervous about dancing.
She smiled and glanced up and down the classroom and with a flick of her wand dots about a foot wide appeared evenly spread out on the hardwood floor. "Okay if everyone will get up, and quietly, head towards a dot on the floor....then we'll get started learning some of the dances."
She gave the students a few minutes to find a dot and she monitored them closely to make sure that the students weren't talking...she knew if she let them talk on this first move the rest of the class would be a disaster of talking.
Once she was sure everyone had a spot on the floor, she turned around and erased the board and then grabbed another marker.
"Let's start by listing some Wizard dances that we do at dances and events, such as the Hippogriff Shuffle..." she said with a nod and then she turned and wrote that on the board. "Can anyone name some other dances...remember to only name one and don't repeat others' answers."
OOC: Okey dokey...I'm going to give you a little bit of time to RP moving to your dots and then giving answers....now you can be as creative as you like with your dance names...I mean I made up the Hippogriff Shuffle. Just have fun with this. Remember NO TALKING, RAISE YOUR HAND, ONLY ONE ANSWER PER PERSON, and DON'T REPEAT OTHERS' ANSWERS (which shouldn't happen with this one since you're just making up dances)
See you in a few!
Amethyst was seated quietly in one of the chairs against the wall already. She was eager for the lesson, and wondered what dances she would learn. Smiling as the professor spoke, her mind slightly wondered off, thinking if her sister knew any dance moves.
Hearing that they were needed to move to the dots on the floor, Ame got up and gracefully walked over to one of the dots. She looked around, seeing the other students and listened to the Professor as everyone settled down.
Name other dances? Hmm. She hadn't heard very many Wizard Dances, but she did hear about one in particular. Geleto raised her hand,
"The Dragon Jive..." Quote:
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Lezleighd Gemma smiled as the students started naming what seemed like a neverending list of Wizard dances. As they said each one, she wrote each on the dry erase board in her curvy and curly handwriting. As she wrote each name, the board was charmed to put them in ABC order.
When they had a substantial list, she turned towards the students with a smile. "Great job! I have to admit that I haven't even heard of some of these dances...it might be fun to see if the History of Magic professor or one of the professors that teachers a more Wizard centered class would be willing to teach these to us..." she glanced at the list again, "because some of these some pretty crazy interesting..." she said with a little nod.
She glanced up and down the rows of faces that seemed pretty excited and asked the next question, "Now I know not everyone is going to know the answer to this one, so don't fret or worry if you don't have an answer." she turned towards the board and flipped it over so that a clean dry-erase board was there. "Can anyone name any Muggle dances, such as the Chicken Dance or the Cha-Cha Slide?" she said as she wrote the first two on the board to start off their list of Muggle Dances.
OOC: I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE WIZARD DANCE NAMES!!! GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!
Here we go again...I'm going to give you a little bit of time to share your answers.... Remember NO TALKING, RAISE YOUR HAND, ONLY ONE ANSWER PER PERSON, and DON'T REPEAT OTHERS' ANSWERS.
See you in a few!
Amethyst, unfortunately, didn't have an answer to this question. Though she lived in the muggle world up until then, she still hadn't an idea for a muggle dance. And if she did, it had already been named.
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Lezleighd Gemma flicked her wand and instantly all of the student's answers for Muggle Dances appeared on the blank dry erase board.
She glanced over the list with a smile and then turned back to the class. "Yes yes yes, very good everyone! These are all great examples of Muggle dances. " she waved her hand and the four screens dropped from the ceiling and unfolded quickly. Under each screen was a name of a Muggle Dance: Chicken Dance, Cha Cha Slide, Cupid Shuffle, and Bunny Hop.
She smiled at the class, "Now just like we have traditions that we do at weddings and dances and events so do Muggles. And many of these traditions have to do with crazy dances that the Muggles do just for fun. Some of these dances are more embarrassing than others but they are all in good faith. " she paused and walked towards the first screen that said Chicken Dance under it.
"The first dance we are going to learn is the chicken dance. " she waved her hand and a video played with an example of the chicken dance. "Now remember these are all in good fun and this dance really doesn't require you to have any major dance ability just the willingness to laugh and have fun." she paused as the video started.
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haha...knd of blurry but it gets the point across...
When the video was over, the young professor turned towards the class and slowly explained how to perform the Chicken Dance....it would look something like this:
How to Do the Chicken Dance Video...just imagine Jessica Alba/Gemma is teaching it to you... =0]
As soon as she was done showing each of the moves she turned back to the students and then said, "Okay let's give it a try..." instantly the music started going very slowly and it was time to do the Chicken Dance. OOC: Alright everyone have fun RPing learning and doing the Chicken Dance. I'll be back in the morning and we'll start our next dance...have fun with this but keep you talking to a minimum....*huggles* Oh my word. The Chicken Dance. She had heard the name before, and finally understood why that was the name. She giggled softly, watching the Professor. After She had finished demonstrating, Ame decided to go ahead and get some practice.
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh, Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh, Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh. Strange music, indeed. But, it helped to get the job done, no? She chuckled softly and began
Hand Beak, Hand Beak, Hand Beak
Arm Wing, Arm Wing, Arm Wing
Twist, Twist, Twist
Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap
..And Repeat!
Hand Beak, Hand Beak, Hand Beak
Arm Wing, Arm Wing, Arm Wing
Twist, Twist, Twist
Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap
She didn't have a partner, be pretended it were Justin and hooked his invisible arm, and skipped to her left. After a while, she hooked his other invisible arm and skipped to the right. And when that was done...
Hand Beak, Hand Beak, Hand Beak
Arm Wing, Arm Wing, Arm Wing
Twist, Twist, Twist
Clap, Clap, Clap, Clap